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1、AZENSTUDENTCAMETOBANKEIANDSAID:'MASTER,IHAVEANUNGOVERNABLETEMPER--HOWCANICUREIT?''SHOWMETHISTEMPER,'SAIDBANKEI,'ITSOUNDSFASCINATING.''IHAVEN'TGOTITRIGHTNOW,'SAIDTHESTUDENT,'SOICAN'TSHOWITTOYOU.''WELLTHEN,'SAIDBANKEI,'BRINGITTOMEWHENYOUHAVEIT.''BUTICAN'TBRINGITJUSTWHENIHAPPE
2、NTOHAVEIT,'PROTESTEDTHESTUDENT.'ITARISESUNEXPECTEDLY,ANDIWOULDSURELYLOSEITBEFOREIGOTITTOYOU.''INTHATCASE,'SAIDBANKEI,'ITCANNOTBEPARTOFYOURTRUENATURE.IFITWERE,YOUCOULDSHOWITTOMEATANYTIME.WHENYOUWEREBORNYOUDIDNOTHAVEIT,ANDYOURPARENTSDIDNOTGIVEITTOYOU--SOITMUSTCOMEINTOYOUFROMT
3、HEOUTSIDE.ISUGGESTTHATWHENEVERITGETSINTOYOU,YOUBEATYOURSELFWITHASTICKUNTILTHETEMPERCAN'TSTANDIT,ANDRUNSAWAY.'THETRUENATUREISyoureternalnature.Youcannothaveitandnothaveit,itisnotsomethingthatcomesandgoes--itisyou.Howcanitcomeandgo?ItisyourBEING.Itisyourveryfoundation.Itcanno
4、tBEsometimes,andNOTBEsometimes;itisalwaysthere.Sothisshouldbethecriterionforaseekeroftruth,nature,tao:thatwehavetocometothepointinourbeingwhichremainsalwaysandalways--evenbeforeyouwerebornitwasthere,andevenwhenyouaredeaditwillbethere.Itisthecenter.Thecircumferencechanges,th
5、ecenterremainsabsolutelyeternal;itisbeyondtime.Nothingcanaffectit,nothingcanmodifyit,nothingreallyevertouchesit;itremainsbeyondallreachoftheoutsideworld.Gotothesea,andwatchthesea.Millionsofwavesarethere,butdeepinitsdepththesearemainscalmandquiet,deepinmeditation;theturmoili
6、sjustonthesurface,justonthesurfacewheretheseameetstheoutsideworld,thewinds.Otherwise,initself,italwaysremainsthesame,notevenaripple;nothingchanges.Itisthesamewithyou.Justonthesurfacewhereyoumeetothersthereisturmoil,anxiety,anger,attachment,greed,lust--justonthesurfacewherew
7、indscomeandtouchyou.Andifyouremainonthesurfaceyoucannotchangethischangingphenomenon;itwillremainthere.ManypeopletrytochangeitTHERE,onthecircumference.Theyfightwithit,theytrynottoletawavearise.Andthroughtheirfightevenmorewavesarise,becausewhentheseafightswiththewindtherewill
8、bemoreturmoil:nownotonlywillthewindhelpit,theseawillalsohelp--therewillbetremendou
